Tag Archives: Cycling

Monday, 11 September 2017 :  Chris Froome has cemented his place among the greats of cycling by becoming the first British winner of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid on Sunday. The Team Sky rider’s winning margin was two minutes and 15 seconds over Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali. Russia’s Ilnur Zakarin …

Thursday, 7 September 2017 :  Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria edged out Team Sky’s Elia Viviani in a tight finish to stage four of the Tour of Britain in Newark-on-Trent. Gaviria, riding for the Quick Step Floors team, was part of a peloton which caught a breakaway group with 3km of the …

Tuesday, 5 September 2017 :  The Norwegian veered to his left in a sprint finish, blocking Viviani’s line. He was in the race leader’s green jersey before being punished and, though he receives the same time as Viviani, he drops to third, with the Italian taking a four-second lead. “I …

Monday, 4 September 2017 :  Chris Froome increased his overall lead on another tough day in the mountains at the Vuelta a Espana as Miguel Angel Lopez impressively won stage 15. Colombian Astana rider Lopez arrived alone at the 2,510m summit of the Alto Hoya de la Mora after overtaking …

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 :  Malaysian achieved their 111 gold medal target at the Kuala Lumpur 2017 SEA Games on Monday night (28 August). It was delivered by keirin world champion, Azizulhasni Awang in the men’s individual sprint final at National Velodrome in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan tonight. He beat counterpart, …

Monday, 28 August 2017 : Good day for the Malaysian track cycling team who hauled three out of the four gold medals at stake on the first day of the SEA Games track competition at the National Velodrome in Nilai on Sunday (27 Aug). Malaysian duo Fatehah Mustapa and Farina …

Friday, 25 August 2017 :  Tomasz Marczynski led a Polish one-two ahead of compatriot Pawel Poljanski and Spanish rookie Enric Mas as the breakaway defied the odds to go the distance in an enthralling Stage 6 of La Vuelta in Sagunt. Marczynski, the 33-year-old at Lotto Soudal, darted clear from …

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 :  Italy’s Matteo Trentin sprinted to victory on stage four of the Vuelta a Espana as Britain’s Chris Froome retained the leader’s red jersey. Quick-Step Floors’ Trentin reeled in and surged past Spain’s Juan Jose Lobato, with Belgium’s Tom van Asbroeck third in Tarragona. Four-time Tour …

Tuesday, 22 August 2017 :  Britain’s Chris Froome has taken the red jersey and leads the Vuelta a Espana, as Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali won the third stage. The four-time Tour de France champion finished third on the stage, with Spain’s David de la Cruz in second. The Team Sky rider …

Monday, 21 August 2017 :  Belgium’s Yves Lampaert caught out the sprinters with a late attack to win stage two and take the leader’s red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana. Team Sky’s Chris Froome fell behind a split in the peloton but moved up to ninth overall, 21 seconds …